EP0070727B1 - Improvements in and relating to greeting cards - Google Patents

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EP0070727B1
EP0070727B1 EP82303784A EP82303784A EP0070727B1 EP 0070727 B1 EP0070727 B1 EP 0070727B1 EP 82303784 A EP82303784 A EP 82303784A EP 82303784 A EP82303784 A EP 82303784A EP 0070727 B1 EP0070727 B1 EP 0070727B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/04—Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
    • B42D15/045—Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles

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  • This invention is concerned with greeting cards. More particularly, the invention relates to a greeting card adapted to serve as a gift wrapping or package.
  • CH-480953 Another known proposal according to CH-480953, is to provide a greeting card enclosing a small, flat gift, such as stamps, coins, artificial flowers or photographs, the gift being carried on a backing, which may be the rear cover of the card, and being visible through an opening cut out of the front cover. Such a card would lose much of its appeal once the gift has been removed.
  • the present invention is based on a novel idea in the field of greeting cards and involves a significant departure from the greeting cards belonging to the prior art.
  • a greeting card comprising front and rear covers hinged together to enable the card to be opened and closed, the rear cover having a pocket receiving a gift which is visible when in the pocket, characterised in that the gift is a garment which is folded substantially flat, the garment carries a decorative slogan, emblem or the like which is visible from outside the pocket, and an equivalent decoration is carried on the rear cover and is visible when the garment has been removed from the card.
  • Greeting cards are generally sent on occasions when it is also usual for gifts to be given. Hitherto it has been the normal practice to wrap the gift separately.
  • An alternative solution is provided by the invention which in an especially neat and simple way combines greeting card with gift in a single item, the card serving as a wrapping for the gift which takes the form of a garment.
  • the garment and rear cover carry corresponding decorations, the pleasurable effect of the card is not diminished by removal of the gift.
  • the invention is ideally suited to T-shirts which are commonly printed with slogans, motifs and logos or have decorative patches or badges applied to them.
  • the decoration is visible through a window provided in the front cover when the card is closed.
  • the pocket is defined between the rear cover and a transparent sheet attached to the inside of the rear cover, the pocket being open at the side of the hinge for removal of the garment.
  • the illustrated greeting card includes a front cover 1 and a rear cover 2 connected by an integral hinge portion 3.
  • the front and rear covers are formed by welding together around their peripheries two sheets 4, 5 of thermoplastic material, each cover being reinforced by stiff card 6, the hinge portion 3 being left un- stiffened so that the two sheets 4, 5 define in this region a freely flexible hinge.
  • the front cover is provided with a window which in the illustrated embodiment takes the form of a circular aperture 7.
  • the sheets 4, 5 are also welded together around the aperture periphery.
  • a sheet 8 of clear plastics material To the inside of the rear cover 2 is fixed a sheet 8 of clear plastics material.
  • the sheet 8 may be attached to the cover by welding or bonding along the top, bottom and free side edge of the cover, and defines with the cover 2 an open-sided pocket or envelope in which a garment having the form of a T-shirt 9 is received.
  • the T-shirt shown in the drawings carries a badge 10 depicting a pair of clowns and when correctly folded and placed in the pocket this badge is seen through the window aperture 7 in the front cover of the card, as is clear from Figure 1.
  • the picture depicted by the badge is reproduced in printed form, as indicated at 11 in Figure 3, on the inside of the rear cover so that the same picture is seen through the window aperture 7 when the T-shirt has been removed from the pocket.
  • the front and rear covers may be printed with appropriate messages according to the type of greeting card desired and as shown an adhesive label 12 is applied to the inside of the front cover to enable a personal message to be added by the purchaser.
  • a greeting card according to the invention provides an attractive and novel form of wrapping for a present in the form of a garment.
  • the card could be made from stiff card rather than plastics; the window may be provided by see-through plastics sheet material rather than an aperture; a separate envelope holding the garment may be attached to the rear cover so as to be detachable; and the pocket could be opaque except for a window aperture or clear plastics portion in register with the portion of the garment to be visible through the front cover window.
  • the card could be made from stiff card rather than plastics; the window may be provided by see-through plastics sheet material rather than an aperture; a separate envelope holding the garment may be attached to the rear cover so as to be detachable; and the pocket could be opaque except for a window aperture or clear plastics portion in register with the portion of the garment to be visible through the front cover window.

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Abstract

A greeting card is adapted to serve as a gift wrapping for a garment, especially a T-shirt, and has a pocket to receive the garment formed by a sheet of transparent material attached to the inside of the rear cover, the front cover having a window through which the garment is visible.

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  • This invention is concerned with greeting cards. More particularly, the invention relates to a greeting card adapted to serve as a gift wrapping or package.
  • It has been proposed to provide greeting card blanks which enable customers to mount a personally selected picture, either in the form of a postcard or photographic print as disclosed in G.B. Patent Specification No. 1393199, or photographic transparencies as described in G.B. Patent Specification No. 927561. The purpose of these prior art blanks is to allow each person to choose the picture carried by the card thereby adding a personal contribution to the design as a whole.
  • Another known proposal according to CH-480953, is to provide a greeting card enclosing a small, flat gift, such as stamps, coins, artificial flowers or photographs, the gift being carried on a backing, which may be the rear cover of the card, and being visible through an opening cut out of the front cover. Such a card would lose much of its appeal once the gift has been removed.
  • The present invention is based on a novel idea in the field of greeting cards and involves a significant departure from the greeting cards belonging to the prior art.
  • According to the invention there is provided a greeting card comprising front and rear covers hinged together to enable the card to be opened and closed, the rear cover having a pocket receiving a gift which is visible when in the pocket, characterised in that the gift is a garment which is folded substantially flat, the garment carries a decorative slogan, emblem or the like which is visible from outside the pocket, and an equivalent decoration is carried on the rear cover and is visible when the garment has been removed from the card.
  • Greeting cards are generally sent on occasions when it is also usual for gifts to be given. Hitherto it has been the normal practice to wrap the gift separately. An alternative solution is provided by the invention which in an especially neat and simple way combines greeting card with gift in a single item, the card serving as a wrapping for the gift which takes the form of a garment. In addition, as the garment and rear cover carry corresponding decorations, the pleasurable effect of the card is not diminished by removal of the gift.
  • The invention is ideally suited to T-shirts which are commonly printed with slogans, motifs and logos or have decorative patches or badges applied to them.
  • In a preferred embodiment the decoration is visible through a window provided in the front cover when the card is closed.
  • According to a particularly convenient construction the pocket is defined between the rear cover and a transparent sheet attached to the inside of the rear cover, the pocket being open at the side of the hinge for removal of the garment.
  • To enable a better understanding of the invention reference will now be made to the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention and in which:-
    • Figure 1 is a front elevation of the greeting card shown as a birthday card;
    • Figure 2 is a plan view of the card opened up;
    • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but with the T-shirt removed; and
    • Figure 4 is a cross-section taken along the line IV-IV in Figure 2.
  • The illustrated greeting card includes a front cover 1 and a rear cover 2 connected by an integral hinge portion 3. The front and rear covers are formed by welding together around their peripheries two sheets 4, 5 of thermoplastic material, each cover being reinforced by stiff card 6, the hinge portion 3 being left un- stiffened so that the two sheets 4, 5 define in this region a freely flexible hinge.
  • The front cover is provided with a window which in the illustrated embodiment takes the form of a circular aperture 7. The sheets 4, 5 are also welded together around the aperture periphery.
  • To the inside of the rear cover 2 is fixed a sheet 8 of clear plastics material. The sheet 8 may be attached to the cover by welding or bonding along the top, bottom and free side edge of the cover, and defines with the cover 2 an open-sided pocket or envelope in which a garment having the form of a T-shirt 9 is received. The T-shirt shown in the drawings carries a badge 10 depicting a pair of clowns and when correctly folded and placed in the pocket this badge is seen through the window aperture 7 in the front cover of the card, as is clear from Figure 1. Furthermore, the picture depicted by the badge is reproduced in printed form, as indicated at 11 in Figure 3, on the inside of the rear cover so that the same picture is seen through the window aperture 7 when the T-shirt has been removed from the pocket.
  • The front and rear covers may be printed with appropriate messages according to the type of greeting card desired and as shown an adhesive label 12 is applied to the inside of the front cover to enable a personal message to be added by the purchaser.
  • From the foregoing it will be appreciated that a greeting card according to the invention provides an attractive and novel form of wrapping for a present in the form of a garment. Many modifications are of course possible without departing from the invention. For examp!e the card could be made from stiff card rather than plastics; the window may be provided by see-through plastics sheet material rather than an aperture; a separate envelope holding the garment may be attached to the rear cover so as to be detachable; and the pocket could be opaque except for a window aperture or clear plastics portion in register with the portion of the garment to be visible through the front cover window. Other variations are possible and will occur to skilled readers.

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1. A greeting card comprising front and rear covers (1, 2) hinged together to enable the card to be opened or closed, the rear cover having a pocket receiving a gift which is visible when in the pocket, characterised in that the gift is a garment (9) which is folded substantially flat, the garment (9) carries a decorative slogan, emblem or the like (10) which is visible from outside the pocket, and an equivalent decoration (11) is carried on the rear cover (2) and is visible when the garment has been removed from the card.
2. A greeting card according to claim 1, wherein the garment is a T-shirt.
3. A greeting card according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front cover (1) includes a window (7) through which said decoration (10, 11) is visible when the card is closed.
4. A greeting card according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the pocket is defined by the rear cover (2) and a sheet (8) attached on the inside surface of the rear cover, and the side of the pocket adjacent the hinge is open for removing the garment.
5. A greeting card according to claim 4, wherein the sheet (8) is transparent and is sealed to the rear cover (2) at the free edges of said rear cover.
6. A greeting card according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the pocket is provided by an envelope firmly attached to the rear cover and detachable therefrom to enable the garment to be removed.
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